Tomiyamichthys tanyspilus, a New Species of Gobiid Fish from Indonesia

The gobiid fish Tomiyamichthys tanyspilus sp. nov., symbiotic in a burrow with an alpheid shrimp, is described from a male-female pair collected from silty sand in 4 m at Flores, Indonesia. It is characterized by the 2nd dorsal and anal rays 1,12; pectoral rays 17 or 18; scales cycloid, 78-80 in the longitudinal series; no predorsal or prepectoral scales; no preopercular canal; a lanceolate caudal fin, longest in male, 48.6% standard length; body green dorsally in life with numerous blackish spots smaller than pupil, and a midlateral row of 5 large elongate black spots, the last on caudal-fin base followed by a blackish middle streak into fin. An explanation is given for regarding Flabelligobius Smith, 1956 as a junior synonym of Tomiyamichthys Smith, 1956.